Line-fastener.



No. 866,058. P.ATENTED SEPT.1'7, 1907.

F. OHLIGER, J. SKRAMOVSKY & H. F. WILKE. 1

, LINE FASTENER. APPLICATION PI LED 1350.14, 1906.

WITNESSES: INVENTORS v a a. m

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND OHLIGER, JOHN SKRAMOVSKY, AND HENRY F. WILKE, OF ELIZABETH,NEW

JERSEY.

LINE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed December 14,1906. Serial No. 347,763.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND Onnrenfr, .ToHN SKRAMQVsKY, and HENRY F.WILKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in thecounty of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Line-Fasteners; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a line fastener that is adapted to be placedon a line to tighten or slacken it, and: make it longer or shorter asrequired, and is one that the tension on the rope, when it increasesbinds the fastener more tightly to the rope, and also provides a readymeans for manual operation to release the rope when it is under tension.

The fastener provides, also, means for guiding the rope so that thefastener does not become twisted or tilted to an unreasonable extent onthe line, and that provides a stiff structure that is not apt to giveway.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the device in operation on a line, andshows it in its gripping position. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinalsection of the fastener removed from a line or rope, and being shown inits relaxed or released position. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3, 3, inFig. 2.

The fastener comprises two members, one of the members having a sidewall 10, and being provided, on one end, with an eye 11 which isarranged at right angles to the wall or plate 10, and the wall 10 has onthe other end a right angled plate 12 which is provided with a pair ofperforations 13 and 14. The functions of the eye and the perforatedplate will be described hereinafter.

At the lower edge of the plate, intermediate of the ends and extendingtransversely therefrom, is a curved shelf 15 that has a wall 16 parallelwith the wall 10, and this structure furnishes an open-ended socket. Asecond member 17 is arranged in this socket, and is pivoted therein by asuitable screw or rivet 18 that has I on its lower end an eccentricallyarranged portion 19, and on the other end a loop 20. When the device issecured to a line, the line has one end secured to the loop 20,preferably by means of suitable clips 21 which are made of metal and aretapered on their outer surface and are furnished split, as at 22, andthese clips can be fastened around the rope, at any point, by a fewblows from the hammer. The one end that is fastened in the loop 20 isthen passed out through the perforation 13 in the plate, and then theline passes over the usual suitable elements on which it is supported,and the other end comes in through the eye 11 and is passed between theportion 19 of the member 17 and the shelf 15, and then can be guidedthrough the eye 14. Any tension on the rope will operate on the two endsof the members 17, on one end on the loop 20, and then on the portion 19by its engagement with the shelf 15, through the medium of the line, andthus the more tension the rope receives, the tighter will the fastenerbe gripped to it. When the line is to be released, the end of the ropepassing out through the perforation 14 can be pulled, or the loop 20 canbe operated by the thumb, and the whole structure relieved of anytension.

This form of fastener, by leaving the rope through the suitable guides,keeps the fastener in alinement, and makes a neatly finished structure.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

A line fastener comprising a member having a side wall, an eye on oneend, and a plate on the other end having a pair of perforations thereinthe member having a socket between the eye and the plate, and a secondmember having an eccentric portion pivoted in the socket, and a proFERDINAND OHLIGER.

. JOHN SKRAMOVSKY.

HENRY I WILKE.

Witnesses WM. 11. CAMFIELD, E. A. PELL.

